Pendulum Summon

Pendulum Summon
A Pendulum Summon in the anime
Japanese	Ｐ (ペンデュラム) 召 (しょう) 喚 (かん)
Japanese (ruby)	ペンデュラムしょうかん
Japanese (base text)	Ｐ召喚
Japanese (romanized)	Pendyuramu Shōkan
English	Pendulum Summon
Other names French: Invocation Pendule Verb: Invoquer par Pendulation German: Pendelbeschwörung Verb: beschwören als Pendelbeschwörung Italian: Evocazione Pendulum Verb: Evocare Pendulum Portuguese: Invocação-Pêndulo Verb: Invocar por Invocação-Pêndulo Spanish: Invocación por Péndulo Verb: Invocar por Péndulo Korean: 펜듈럼 소환 (Pendulum 召喚) Pendyulleom Sohwan

A Pendulum Summon (Japanese ペンデュラム召 (しょう) 喚 (かん) Pendyuramu Shōkan, abbreviated Ｐ (ペンデュラム) 召 (しょう) 喚 (かん) in card text) is a form of Special Summon introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V. Pendulum Summoning allows the player to Summon multiple monsters simultaneously.

Mechanics

Once per turn, during the Main Phase, if the turn player has a card with a Pendulum Scale in each of their two Pendulum Zones (for a total of 2 cards), that player can Pendulum Summon any number of monsters from their hand, and/or any number of face-up Pendulum Monsters in their Extra Deck, whose individual Levels or Ranks are exclusively between the Pendulum Scales of the cards in their Pendulum Zones (i.e. monsters whose individual Levels/Ranks are between the Pendulum Scales, yet are not the same as the Pendulum Scales' values).

Because of this restriction on Levels and Ranks, no monsters can be Pendulum Summoned if the cards in the Pendulum Zones have Pendulum Scales that are equal to each other (i.e. 4 & 4, or 2 & 2) or have a difference of 1 (i.e. 5 & 6, or 2 & 3). However, this has no impact on the usage of card effects in the Pendulum Zones.

A Pendulum Summon is a type of built-in Special Summon, so it can be negated—cards like "Solemn Warning" and "Thunder King Rai-Oh" that can negate Special Summons can be activated during the Summon negation window; however, if more than 1 monster would be Pendulum Summoned at the same time, cards like "Black Horn of Heaven" (which specify they can only be activated when exactly 1 monster would be Summoned) cannot be activated. After a Pendulum Summon is successfully performed, cards such as "Bottomless Trap Hole" can be activated during the Summon response window. A Pendulum Summon has no relation to the effects of the cards in the Pendulum Zones, so it can be performed even if an effect like that of "Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord" is negating those cards' effects.

Using Pendulum Scales of 1 and 8 to Pendulum Summon three monsters: A Level 6, a Level 5, and a Level 3.

In the anime

When a Pendulum Summon is performed in the anime, a portal opens between the two Pendulum Zones and streaks of light emerge from these zones, representing the monsters. The color of the light streaks appears to depend on the number of monsters that are being Summoned; three monsters for example results in a green, blue and a red streak, while two results in a green and a blue streak.

On occasion, the energy changes. Declan's monsters vary between a surge of purple light or purple streaks, whereas "Mayosenju Daibak" appears from the portal in the form of a green tornado. In addition, Yuya Sakaki's Pendulum Summons have an enlarged version of his pendant swinging between the zones. When a Pendulum Summon of five monsters is performed, the colors representing the monsters merge together into a multi-colored spiral of light before appearing on the field, symbolizing the powerful Summon.

In the manga

In the manga, when a Pendulum Summon occurs, Yuya's pendant breaks and a monster appear from there.

See also

• Pendulum Zone
• Pendulum Scale
• Pendulum Monster
• Pendulum Effect

External links

• yugioh-card.com/japan Master Rule 3: Overview (Japanese)
• yugioh-card.com/hk Master Rule 3: Overview (Asian English)
• yugioh-card.com/hk Master Rule 3: Overview (Chinese)
• yugioh-card.com/en Learn How to Pendulum Summon Tutorial Video (English)